Hueipolco (T1745:2:109)

Hueipolco (T1745:2:109)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This compound glyph for the place name Hueipolco shows a hill or mountain with a small ceramic pot on top (comitl), providing a phonetic indicator for the -co locative suffix. The Hueipol- part of the name refers to something large, presumably the mountain or hill that is pictured underneath the ceramic jug or pot. The four volutes--two at the sides of the bottom of the hill and two at the top, one on each side of the pot--are unexplained, as is the blue-green color of the hill.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

Veipulco

Gloss Normalization: 

Hueipolco

Gloss Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript: 
AGN Tierras 1735, exp. 2, f. 109
Date of Manuscript: 

1566

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Coyoacan

Semantic Categories: 
phonetic dimensions
place name
Syntax: 
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
compound of phonogram(s) & logogram(s)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Ceramics, Pottery
Containers, Dishes, Eating Utensils
Landscape Features
Names (places)
Scrolls (Speech, Song, etc.)
Socio-Political Units, Cities, Towns, Neighborhoods
Shapes and Perspectives: 
size (relative, intentional)
volute(s)
Parts (compounds or simplex + notation): 
3
Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation): 
upward
Keywords: 

hills, mountain, cerros, montañas, cerámica, barro, cantaros, ollas, volutas

Glyph or Iconographic Image: 
Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s): 

huei, large, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/huei
hueipol, something large, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/hueipol
popoloca, to speak a foreign language, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/popoloca
popolotza, to speak unintelligibly, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/popolotza
camapoloa, to blunder in speech, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/camapoloa
com(itl), ceramic jug, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/comitl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

En El Lugar Grande

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Single-page codex, Archivo General de la Nación, México, Ramo de Tierras, vol. 1735, exp. 2, fol. 109.  

Image Source, Rights: 

The Archivo General de la Nación (AGN), México, holds the original manuscript. This image is published here under a Creative Commons license, asking that you cite the AGN and this Visual Lexicon of Aztec Hieroglyphs.

See Also: 

Milpolco (T1735:2:109)